Advocacy Crash Courses: Championing Staff and Creating a Welcoming Library Environment

A welcoming and accessible environment for people with disabilities is crucial to ensure that libraries are truly for everyone; however, the dominant societal narrative tells us lies about disability that can keep us from fully embracing and prioritizing people with disabilities in our work. This program will invite attendees to consider the ways dominant narratives about disability affect common library work practices, and how to counter those in ourselves and our staff.